lundi 29 décembre 2014

This post is dedicated to the memory of Patrick "Midnight Rambler" who ruled the Sons of The Dolls Blog.
This blog inspired me when I began mine. Patrick always did a wonderfull job with so much passion. We shared so much, same musical taste, same memories and even more....
I know this single was one of his favorites...

jeudi 17 juillet 2014

Hey Kids! I'm back with this classic mid-80's savage australian single by the Lime Spiders. One of the best Citadel releases!

Formed in 79, the Lime spiders disbanded soon after the release of their great "25th hour'" double single.

The group reformed again by August 1983 with Blood and Jakimyszyn
joined by Tony Bambach on bass guitar and Richard Lawson on drums. Both were from The Most, one of their rivals in the Battle of the Bands competition. In March 1984 the new line-up recorded the band's second single, "Slave Girl". It was co-produced by the band with Tom Misner,
who Blood described as "an older dude who owned the School of Audio
business (Central Recorders). He warmed immediately to the vibe of the
song". It was co-written by Blood and Jakimyszyn. Blood later told TheDwarf website about writing the track: "[it] come
from a throwaway riff that [Jakimyszyn] used to peel off automatically
at rehearsals every time he plugged his guitar into his amp, to check
his sound ... I asked [him] to keep playin' the riff, as I thought we
could construct a song around it. He looked at me as if I was crazy ...
but obligingly cranked his amp & played it with venom, as the band
jammed on it for the first time ... I went away with the riff in my head
without any lyrics. I woke up one Sat morning at a house I was staying
at in [Chippendale] and the lyrics flooded my head and I wrote them down
as fast as I was thinking of them ... [later] I came armed with the
last verse. I suggested to Jacko that he play something he's never done
before for the second guitar solo, to take the song to another level.
... [He] blew us away with a searing metal edged freakout before turning
around & shyly seeking approval. It was difficult to speak with our
mouths agape".

"Slave Girl" was the number-one independent single in Australia for 1984,. The track received airplay in Europe
including France, Germany, Spain and Sweden: "where fans in those
territories became hooked on its wild acid-punk sound".In September 1984 the band added Gerard Corben on rhythm guitar (also ex-The Most). The success of "Slave Girl" led to the overseas release of a 12" mini-LP that compiled all six of their recorded tracks as Slave Girl, released in France by Closer records.
In January 1985 Jakimyszyn left the band (after being diagnosed with
schizophrenia)

samedi 22 mars 2014

Here's the first single by The Nysteric Narcotics a grat unknown band from the second 80's garage revival scene, More psychedelic than many of the garage band of that time the Hysteric Narcotics delivered a great modern garage music and also released an album higly recommanded and two more singles. You can buy a retrospective of all their music THERE.

"Originally the Hysteric Narcotics came from Livonia,
a western suburb of Detroit that wasn’t known for much other than being the
home of the local horseracing track.Livonia
didn’t have the “coolness” associated with Royal Oak or Ferndale or the
grittiness of Hamtramck or Detroit, but it proved to be a fertile breeding place
for musicians like the Hysteric Narcotics and Bob Mulrooney (Ramrods, Bootsey
X).The lineup of the Hysteric
Narcotics in 1986 consisted of Mike Murphy (vocals), Charles "Chip" Frayne
(aka Sercombe) (drums),
Keith Soucy (bass), Dave Feeney (organ), Mark Niemenski (guitar).Sean Curran was their original guitarist.According to Mike Murphy, the name “Hysteric Narcotics”
was put together by combining the names “the Hysterics” and “the
Narcotics” and held no special significance.By this time Mike Murphy had played in a series of local bands that
spawned the original “punk rock” movement in Detroit: the Denizens, the
Rushlow-King Combo, Jerry Vile and the Boners.I was lucky enough to see all of these bands in their heyday at Bookies
and the Red Carpet and was constantly amazed at the wide variety of music that
could be found around Detroit.

In an interview with Dennis Loren in 1986 for RPM
magazine, the music of the Hysteric Narcotics was described as combination of
“garage music” and the “psychedelic sound” of the 1960s.Those influences are heard in their music, but the Hysteric Narcotics
sound took that music from the 60s and added their own brand of individuality
and some good old-time Detroit edge to it.During this time the band released their debut single on Tremor Records
and followed it up with 2 more singles on Rafscallion Records.This was followed by their only LP – “Batteries Not Included” from
1986 and also on Rafscallion Records.This
album is essential listening for anybody that loves “garage music” and
appreciates how good rock & roll music should sound.The Hysteric Narcotics also appeared on several Detroit-area compilations
that were put out by Tremor Records and others.They played frequently in such local clubs such as Paycheck’s, St.
Andrew’s, Lili’s, Traxx and the like.Several
lineup changes also occurred during their career.Jerry Barterian came in to play drums and Larry Ulrich played keyboards.The Hysterics toured around the country playing shows in places as
diverse as CBGB’s in New York City, Rochester, NY and San Francisco, CA.They were working on their second album, which unfortunately was never
done because the band parted ways." from the great nestorindetroit blog.

dimanche 9 février 2014

The Outlets have been one of the most prolific and exciting live bands
in the Northeast since the early 80′s. There have been several line-up
changes throughout the years but the music by David Barton,
an extraordinarily talented songwriter, has remained brilliantly
intense, with power pop hooks and a punk attitude. Live, The Outlets,
then and now, create an overpowering presence, great music and kick ass
rock! The Outlets’ first releases were on Modern Method (Mike Dreese/Newbury Comics‘ label); they later released singles on American Music/One Way Productions and One Way Productions.This third single is on the great Throbbing Lobster label. A side is a fantastic power-pop song that will directly blow you outta mind! B side is a slowest song specially for nex Valentine DAy!!

samedi 4 janvier 2014

Commandos were the band of Suzy Elkins and Garry Felton . They settled in Austin at a time , the mid 80's when the city moved a lot around the Leroi Brothers. On
this single, released for Halloween on Jungle , the label of the Leroi
Brothers, we also found Mike Buck and Don Leady of Leroi fame and
Omar Dykes, from Omar and the Howlers and Wes Star, another Howler . Side
A is a cover of The Sonics "Psycho" that evokes the early Leroi Brothers but my favorite is the B-side, "My Baby Loves Monster Movies" , a amazing rock-country tune, certainly one of the best of that time when it was about country- punk (Jason & The Scorchers ... ) . The
Commandos released a more classic album"Edge of town" ( it was posted on Son Of
The Dolls blog a few years ago ) and another single in Holland , it seems thet they
even toured in Finland. Suzy was in another band The Drapes with Webb Wilder and made ​​a country album in 2004.Note theparticipationofAlLewis,the actor playingthe role of "Granpa" in the series "TheMunsters".

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